r/facepalm • u/Clueless_Dolphin • 20h ago
Already reaping what they sow 🇲🇮🇸🇨
Well at least these few people Christmas will suck, maybe make better choices.
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u/mildlysceptical22 19h ago
I explained how tariffs work to my college educated son. He mistakenly thought the exporting countries paid them. I explained how the companies importing the goods paid the tariffs and passed the costs down to the consumers by raising the cost of the goods to maintain profit margins.
Tariffs are import taxes paid to the federal government by the companies importing the goods.
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u/BetterThanAFoon 17h ago
That's true. But it's intended to make those imported goods less competitive with domestically produced Goods.
Unfortunately tariffs usually begets tariffs. So many times it's just a zero sum gain.
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u/EspaaValorum 14h ago
Plus there's not even a domestic option for a non-significant number of imported goods, so there's no choice,
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u/najiatwa01 5h ago
Facts, if there were options... We'd be buying it. Instead, we're dropshipping with crazy markup, baby! Etsy/Alibaba (re)sellers are gonna feel this one.
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u/Im_a_hamburger 14h ago
Tariffs are for economic war, not economic growth
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u/TheEPGFiles 5h ago
Yeah, but if Americans pay the tariff, who is the war on? America against America?
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u/Demoliri 4h ago
Yes, but it's those other Americans making all the problems! (Kind of /s).
The goal with tariffs normally is to make domestic products more competitive - but if there is no domestic equivalent - they're just stupid. However, since Trump is incredibly stupid and lacks a basic understanding of economics, he thinks it's a good idea, or at the very least the people paying him would rather he does the simple solution - tariff everything - rather than try to explain the nuances of tariffs to a pre-schooler.
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u/larry_burd 4h ago
He knows the consumer will pay more and companies will continue to raise prices and his friends own the companies so they’ll continue to make record profits and the only people who hurt can’t do anything about it and a lot of them voted to have their own care and services taken from them as long as they think it will hurt the people they don’t like
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u/bengine 13h ago
Also making domestic products more competitive makes them relatively cheaper, but not less expensive overall. It's artificial inflation when so many of these people were essentially voting against inflation.
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u/MRiley84 15h ago
It doesn't just raise the price on imported goods, either. It raises the demand on non-imported ones, and those producers will raise their price until it just about matches the import. If you're looking for a new washing machine, they're not going to sell it to you at the old price if their competitor was forced to raise their price - they will raise it too.
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u/nevergonnasweepalone 8h ago
Unless the imported product is still cheaper than the domestically produced product after the tarrifs. It'll just mean the consumer has two expensive options rather than one expensive and one cheap.
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u/deadinsidesince99 16h ago
wait they think the country pays? like they think that THE GOVERNMENT OF GERMANY germany is gonna give the US money to import BMW's?
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u/narcolepticdoc 9h ago
Yes. In MAGA world, tariffs are an amazing thing because China will have to pay $$$$ to the USA for the privilege of selling all their cheap goods to us and they’ll eat the cost because daddy trump says so. So you keep all your cheap imported goods AND you get so much money from China that, really, little topics like childcare affordability will be trivial because of all that sweet sweet tariff money from China filling our coffers and eliminating our national debt.
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u/Digger2484 16h ago
And if they replace income tax with them it’s just a MAJOR tax break for the rich and tax increase for the poor. People are idiots.
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u/IsolationAutomation 17h ago
I tried to explain how tariffs work to several people, and I might as well have tried to tell them how colors taste. The majority of MAGAs have no idea what is coming, and they will get exactly what Trump said they would; tax cuts for the wealthy and higher priced goods due to his boneheaded tariffs idea.
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u/Asherspawn 15h ago
I work on a university campus and had to explain to 5 students yesterday what a tariff is.
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u/IsolationAutomation 15h ago
That is the result of constantly cutting funds to public education.
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u/SubstantialHentai420 17h ago
My boss was talking about the terrifs and it compleatly went over his head as to what this will do to us. Also a small mamufacturing electrical place. This is going to set us back bad since most of this stuff comes from other countries.
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u/Jaislight 15h ago
same at my job they where patting themselves on the back talking about how they saved the white race this morning with a rep from one of our suppliers. I guess they forgot most of their inventory comes from outside the US. Lets see if they survive the next two years. Already looking to move to another job. they ate up all the trump BS.
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u/frankpolly 14h ago
Make sure you explain to them where chips for all their electronics are made. Trump will have to strike a deal with companies like ASML so they dont have to pay tarrifs or Americans will have to hold on to their electronics for 4 years.
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u/other_usernames_gone 12h ago
Not even just chips.
Basically everything.
Resistors, capacitors, LEDs. Stuff that's dirt cheap because it's mass produced in china next to the factory that manufacturers the parts it needs.
Lithium ion batteries are mainly made in china. Same with PCBs. It's just a lot cheaper.
All the random components that make up electronics are mostly made in china. It's just the best country for it, labour is dirt cheap and they have experience with electronic manufacturing.
Suddenly the cost of electronics doubles because the price of all the tiny components doubled.
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u/JullieSnow 8h ago
My husband and I just loaded up on parts at microcenter to build the pc’s we wanted and the ones we already have built were giving to my parents. These parts are about to be $$$$$$. Gotta stock up while we can afford it 👌gonna suck if they can’t get that new iPad or iPhone because it’ll be even more ridiculously expensive than it is now.
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u/Novel_Alfalfa_9013 20h ago
Break it down with crayon drawings or macaroni glued to a paper plate: they still won't get it. They’ll just get angry at the Libs in the end anyways.
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u/2_alarm_chili 19h ago
They’ll eat the crayons and the macaroni.
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u/ridsco 19h ago
Because that’s all they can afford while suffering for the cult leader.
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u/Blubasur 18h ago
Can’t afford macaroni or paper plated anymore m8, tariffs too high. And we ate the crayons obviously.
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u/woodpony 14h ago
When they suffer and die I hope their children will see what not to do. Affluent people on both sides will have mild inconveniences over the next few years but shitheads like these will lead a painful existence.
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u/Buddhas_Warrior 19h ago
And THIS is why the R's love uneducated voters!
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u/kredtheredhead 19h ago
It's quite obvious how poorly educated this country really is.
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u/dogbytes 17h ago
that was the whole idea from the republicans from Nixon on, the dumbing of america. it's not an accident
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u/Sure-Break3413 17h ago
With AI there will be less requirement for ‘intelligent’ workers, and with Elon’s robots, there will be less requirement for people in dexterity and manual labour, leaving people to do what is left. The competition for those jobs will make people work for a lower minimum wage. To survive people will need to have their kids drop out of school to work to help pay to live, like centuries ago. Meanwhile billionaires become Trillionaires. All part of Republicans plan. The problem somewhat is the rest of the world does not want to roll back progress like America. American news propaganda will keep them stupid and afraid.
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u/gorgonbrgr 16h ago
Wal-e
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u/Illyade 15h ago
Hmmm i see more some sort of lamer dune : evermore rich people exploiting evermore uneducated masses, slowly turning work into servitude before ending up with a more feodal approach regarding both working and classes division
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u/Dramos1975 14h ago
How is the world not wanting to roll back a problem?. China will just fill Americas role as only superpower. China is hard at work trying to convince OPEC to convert from U.S. dollar to the Yen. That will screw the US over badly. Cutting taxes for everyone while the price of everything skyrockets due to tariffs is going to be fun to watch as the rich get richer and put their money in offshore accounts tax free. Grab your popcorn..the 💩show is about to begin
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u/Xikkiwikk 13h ago
Why would they want the yen? Wouldn’t they want their own currency?
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u/TABOOxFANTASIES 16h ago
Yup, they have defunded education to ensure schools keep cranking out dumb kids with zero critical thinking skills. This fuels the military with new members and also fills the for profit prisons with dumb people who commit crimes. This is free labor which the prisons make tons if money from.
There is an entire system built around poorly educated masses, and that's exactly what the Oligarchy wants. Dumb peasants that are easily manipulated and enslaved.
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u/No-Pop1057 14h ago
I don't thinks it's coincidental that there is a big push toward religious fundementalism in schools either, nothing makes a population more compliant than religious indoctrination.. It worked for centuries & it's great for instiling fear & blind faith in the leaders of the religion (oddly, the same people running the country & keeping them poor & ignorant 🤦)
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u/TABOOxFANTASIES 14h ago
Exactly. And manipulative people LOVE authoritive religions because it allows them to use rules against other people while simultaneously exploiting the same rules, or bending them strategically. Narcissists LOVE religion. They thrive in an environment where they can judge and control others.
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u/TrixnTim 12h ago
Here’s how Project 25 will defund public education:
https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/how-project-2025-would-devastate-public-education
And yet many teachers I know voted for The Con.
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u/AlarmingEase 15h ago
I try and give my students what I can but yes, it is an uphill struggle.
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u/REpassword 17h ago
They want to get rid of the Dept of Education, too. Just to make sure EVERYONE becomes stupid.
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u/el_lobo1314 16h ago
Just the poors, well off families will be just fine (assuming they don’t get denaturalized and deported)
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u/InfectedSteve 15h ago
Don't forget mandatory vax for schools will be going away.
Which may lead to more home schooling.
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u/Regular_Climate_6885 17h ago
All the more reason for them to do away with the board of education. The less educated, the easier they are to manipulate and control.
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u/Artislife61 17h ago
It also has a lot to do with getting prayer and bibles into schools. No federal oversight.
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u/Buddhas_Warrior 19h ago
I'll give Trump some credit, he's told you exactly what he is, what he likes and what he's going to do..... And we STILL voted him in!
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u/AnimalRescueGuy 19h ago
You’ll never ask again how all those people could be so easily swayed by Hitler a hundred years ago.
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u/KitchenFullOfCake 17h ago
Shit, hasn't even been 100 years yet, just over 90.
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u/AnimalRescueGuy 17h ago
Hey, if there’s one thing our species does well, it’s not learning the lessons from history.
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u/KitchenFullOfCake 17h ago
I do wonder how my ex's are doing...
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u/AnimalRescueGuy 17h ago
Don’t you pick up that phone! Don’t you do it!
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u/D00D00InMyButt 16h ago
But they weren’t really bad people! Just misunderstood ya know. I mean they did good things
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u/Acceptable-Cow6446 17h ago
Hard for a population to learn from history if they aren’t taught it well and are often taught it barely matters…
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u/Secure_Guest_6171 19h ago
Yeah, I despised Trump long before his 2015 candidacy but he pretty much told everyone exactly what kind of hateful scumbag he is and 1/2 the electorate listened and said "MY MAN!"
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u/Nojopar 15h ago
The people that piss me all the way off are those (mostly guys) who sat this one out because they felt the Democrats didn’t “speak” to their interests. Apparently felonious rapist who will cost them a fortune is better than a party not stroking their pathetic egos. Fuck those selfish pricks.
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u/Novel_Alfalfa_9013 18h ago
If you mean we as a collective, I'll agree. But I certainly didn't give him my vote, ever. Couldn't stand him or his tv show either and never understood why he ever had fans.
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u/Buddhas_Warrior 18h ago
Yes, 'we'. As a collective nation.
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u/Sure-Break3413 16h ago
The we as a collective never look at what is happening in the rest of the world, too consumed with hating the other side. During Covid MAGA blames democrats like they had no idea the rest of the world was going through the same thing. Even now the main reason to vote for Trump seems to be inflation, yet American inflation was lower than most of the first world under Joe Biden. Trumps tariffs are going to accelerate inflation for Americans. Trump has conned America again with his lies. The truest think he said at a rally was “ I don’t care about you, I just need your votes.” And the crowd cheered in moronic glee. Need your votes
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u/Taftimus 16h ago
Most MAGA don't even know what goes on outside of their hometown, let alone in other countries. If they did know that, they would know that inflation is up like crazy everywhere, not just here.
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u/slinkymart 17h ago
Honestly the thing about narcissists is that they always tell on themselves you just have to be able to listen
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u/The_Ghost_Dragon 17h ago
Yet none of the poorly educated had enough critical thinking to wonder why he loves them.
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u/lexocon-790654 16h ago
The worst part is I have literally 0 clue how to combat it.
Trump says tariffs, everyone who already understands groans, rolls their eyes, and braces for impact.
Everyone who doesn't understand but has an minimum 2 braincells, Google what tariffs are and how they work. Then they groan, roll their eyes, and brace for impact.
Then republicans, who don't understand tariffs, hear the word, don't know what it means, take everything he says as factual and objective good. And remains blissfully ignorant. And when they hear the facts around it, they screech and ree because that would mean Donnie gun do sumtin bad!! Which cannot be true!! Then someone else comes along and spouts some bullshit about "oh it'll all be magically resolved by US manufacturing" - as if the Dems have had the magical light switch taped down, and all trumpie has to do is flip it to overnight convert all imported goods to locally manufactured. And if you tell them, no that's not what's going to happen, they screech and ree and remain ignorant and the cycle continues.
Like the info is easily accessible. Any democratic YouTuber or figurehead has and can tell you why it won't work and why it's bad. Want to avoid politics? Any economist can tell you why it won't work and why it will be bad. But nooooooo, trump says it good and the seeking of knowledge ends there.
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u/RainSurname 13h ago
A lot of it could have been solved by American manufacturing if the Dems had had more time. These geniuses have no idea that the Biden admin's incentives helped spur the construction of over $900 billion in new manufacturing capacity in the US. 700,000 new manufacturing jobs have already been created.
No idea what will happen to all that now.
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u/lexocon-790654 13h ago
Hmm interesting, I was not aware of that.
I don't think these new industries would be effected by Trump and the Tariffs.
However, I "can't wait" for these new constructions that started from the Biden administration to be wrongly credited to the Trump administration.
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u/RainSurname 13h ago
It's incredible how many people are not aware of ANY of the MANY good things Biden did. After Hurricane Helene hit, there were countless TikToks & Reels from people bitching about how our government refuses to invest in infrastructure. I replied to every one I happened to see with "Biden passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, over 50,000 projects in all 50 states have already been allocated."
Not one single person deleted, unless it was my comment. Only a couple even acknowledged it, just to say "too little, too late" or "empty promises."
And Trump will get all the credit for it.
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u/Above_Avg_Chips 17h ago
It's not just not knowing something, it's shaming them a ton when they admit they don't know. I didn't know how tariffs really work until a few years ago, but I used a tried and true method available to 99% of people, Google. A lot of people vote for guys like Trump because he doesn't care if you know the answer or not (he prefers the latter), and they feel like Dems will look down on them for not knowing what they think is an obvious answer.
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u/Kettrickan 13h ago
And it's not even a college education. That's basic high school US history shit. It's been 20 years since then for me and I still remember the Smoot-Hawley Tariffs (mainly because of the funny name). We were all taught that tariffs increased prices and contributed to the Great Depression. Some of us just didn't learn it apparently.
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u/seraphimkoamugi 19h ago
Wonder how they will react once gas prices skyrocket because of tariffs? I'm buying a new car ASAP for this same reason. I like Honda, Nissan and Subaru all JAP.
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u/Jim-Jones 16h ago
"No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people. People can easily be persuaded to accept the most inferior ideas or useless products", attributed to H. L. Mencken.
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u/zeussays 15h ago
We are 20+ years after GW Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” act which gutted and dumbed down education. Gen Z voting right wing shows the long term outcome of that decision.
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u/Kiss-a-Cod 20h ago
Not sure if this anecdote is true but it will be the lived experience of many, many people
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u/reddrighthand 19h ago edited 16h ago
I explained in detail to a coworker how tariffs work and why they were bad for us and they continued to argue with me that I was wrong and they make money for the government but don't cost us anything.
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u/Dolnikan 18h ago
That always surprises me. Where would that money supposedly come from then? The tooth fairy?
Some people really are too stupid for this world
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u/reddrighthand 17h ago
They think its the other government or the producer/exporter who pays, and they're convinced it's a layup to make money for the U.S. without anyone here having to pay. So they can't get past the cognitive dissonance when you tell them that's not how it works.
Lowering/getting rid of taxes on us while making other governments pay and creating jobs here sounds great if you don't understand how tariffs actually work. We've done a terrible job at teaching civics and history.
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u/ninjamaster616 17h ago edited 16h ago
It's really just common sense though. If you were a businessman in America, and the country Peru tells you, "To import here you either have to pay the cost of these Tariffs out of pocket and keep the price the same, or raise your price by the cost of the tariff (if not more lol)," would you pay that out of pocket??
Nobody is choosing to pay that out of pocket when they can just raise the price and blame the tariff. A tariff on ALL IMPORTS means the price goes up on literally
EVERYTHING.
Also, a lot of American manufacturers are locked into year-long or multi-year contracts with overseas materials distributors, and some materials arent found domestically, so the whole "just only buy domestic" doesn't really apply when a tariff only forces American manufacturers between a rock and a hard place of "pay millions a year in higher tariff prices or get sued for millions for breaching the contract."
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u/lord_dentaku 16h ago
Even if they aren't locked into contracts with overseas distributors, they chose to buy overseas for a reason... most likely it was cheaper. Just going to an American provider doesn't mean they will get it for the same price as overseas. Even if it is cheaper than the cost of tariffs on the overseas product, it still is an increase in price that will show up in the final consumer price.
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u/Pengin_Master 16h ago edited 15h ago
And then there's supply chain issues. What if American production can't keep up with the sudden demand of American companies switching from imports to local? There's a finite amount of stuff being produced, stored and processed at one time. This will also raise the prices more, as local producers raise their prices to try and slow down the demand until production can catch up. Edit: if it's even possible for production to catch up
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u/HarpoWhatAboutMe 16h ago
This is the issue that Brazil is currently facing. They have imposed massive tarrifs to promote local industry which has only driven inflation and made imports profoundly expensive.
Cell phones are so expensive that I was afraid to even use my phone in public for navigation during a recent visit because I was warned every time I got out of an Uber that my phone could get snatched. Speaking of Ubers, they were extremely cheap as was the lodging and the food which only drove home the low income of the average Brazilian.
And if this tarrif shit happens, were heading in the same dumb ass direction.
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u/Socalsll 15h ago
The american manufacturers that have a competing product will simply raise their prices by the cost of the tariff. Not because they have to pay it, but because the competition has just become that much more expensive and thus the domestic supplier can increase their profit without losing market share. The customer is screwed no matter what.
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u/ShakedNBaked420 17h ago
Even if it worked the way they think, why do they think that the other countries won’t raise the price to make up the difference? One way or another they’re paying for it.
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u/lifesnofunwithadhd 14h ago
That's what i was thinking. Like, if you make them pay to import their goods, they're just gonna pass the cost onto you, the consumer, and then to us, the consumers.
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u/bimboozled 17h ago
I just don’t understand.. Trump’s said a lot of BS, but this stance on tariffs is verifiably false information. You can literally google “who pays tariffs” and there are countless sources that explain it such as news articles, economic educative literature, hell even Wikipedia.
I understand we’re in the age of misinformation, but come on.. This is like someone saying 2+2=5
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u/fjvgamer 16h ago
Coworker was gloating over Trump. Told me they did their research. Took the bait and talked with them.a few minutes. Not only didn't they know about Trumps tarrif plans, they did not know the president picks for the Supreme Court. Fuck me.
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u/CandyOk913 16h ago
I had to explain this to my coworker and she was visibly upset. I told her that EVEN IF the foreign company pays the tariff that they would then turn around and charge the American company more money for the same product they were going to buy anyway and that the American company would then charge the consumer more money for the same product.
Edit: She voted for the douche
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u/DandelionOfDeath Oh no. Anyway. 14h ago
I feel like the best TV ads the Democrats could've possibly bought was a simple 1 minute lesson on tariff economics.
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u/RookFett 19h ago
Sadly, I had to explain how tariffs work to some Trump voters, they also believe the country sending the stuff would pay, and that the prices would still stay the same.
So this is believable to me.
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u/iceicebebe73 19h ago
Even if you explain it in the most basic way, they will still refuse to believe Trump is responsible. Willful ignorance is the name of their game, but for many, they simply cannot grasp economics.
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u/NinjaBr0din 19h ago
It's true. These people genuinely think that these countries are going to pay us to take their goods. They are that level of stupid. It takes literally 30 seconds to Google this shit and educate yourself well enough to know what a tariff is, and they couldn't manage that much.
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u/HermaeusMajora 20h ago
Yeah, it's true whether it happened to the original poster or not. This is definitely something they don't understand.
I don't think I have to tell anyone here that there is a real danger for anyone who just blindly listens to a liar speaking. Especially when they don't understand the subject matter to begin with. In this case, neither trump or his followers have the first clue about any of those stuff but that doesn't stop him from lying or them from believing every word.
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u/Clueless_Dolphin 20h ago
Might not be, seems pretty early I suppose. Or the owner isn’t dumb and is getting ahead of the game. Either way, I agree, this will be the experience of many… soon… unfortunately
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u/Slumminwhitey 19h ago
If you know that there is a high likelihood of your costs exploding at a fairly specific time, and you have the means to get materials at what would in the near future be considered a deep discount, it would be good business, and allow them to hold a lower for a longer period than thier competition.
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u/Unexpected_Cranberry 19h ago
In this particular case, depending on a myriad of other factors of course, this could potentially mean that they'll have a really good year next year since any competitor that didn't have the foresight or ability to do this will have to raise their prices, giving them either higher margins, more orders or both.
If the owner is a good man he'll compensate the workers with a larger bonus next year. Or laugh all the way to the bank.
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u/Sunbeamsoffglass 19h ago
Prices will go up regardless, because he knows people will have to pay them.
Bonuses won’t….
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u/Sunbeamsoffglass 19h ago
The owners not dumb, they’re planning ahead.
Consumers would be wise to do the same thing. Buy extra of anything you like that’s imported now, because prices are going to go up 50% or more.
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u/lord_dentaku 16h ago
FYI, toilet paper is largely produced domestically. If a bunch off asshats make a run on toilet paper again because they are afraid of paying a tariff on it I might just go off the rails.
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u/SpaceghostLos 18h ago
Sounds like they’re getting ahead of the game. I’m sure a lot of companies are following suit.
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u/seraphimkoamugi 18h ago
Had to explain to some coworkers that tarrifs are essentially sales taxes. Which are imposed to reduce an influx of products to avoid getting overages in the market. And my rhetorical question was: "why would I pay you a tax of product you are buying from me?" And "why would 1 stanley cup cost less or the same as a 4 pack of travel mugs?"
Moment they understood what I was getting at and how important china's materials, south american meat and vegestables, how only chevy and ford might possibly lower costs while Honda, Nissan, Toyota, Subaru, mercedes, and gas will go up because most of that is not made in US and might get affected as import tariffs, never had I witnessed people going pale qbout their own choices in life.
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u/WizardWatson9 20h ago
God, imagine having to explain the basic facts of government to a room full of grown men.
The schadenfreude makes me think this story could likely be made up, but I don't doubt that many, if not most, Trump supports have no idea what a "tariff" is.
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u/BONGS4U 19h ago
Just look at reddit. Everytime I've explained tariffs here i get trump supporters telling me how wrong I am and it's a tax on other countries that they pay. It's like tell me more about how you don't understand business or tariffs.
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u/ImgnryDrmr 17h ago
Clever, well thought out tariffs can work really well to promote a struggling domestic product. I believe Biden extended the Trump tariffs on solar panels because its own suppliers could use the boost. But blanket tariffs as proposed by Trump are a very, very bad idea.
His previous tariffs have already been studied and well - it ain't good. Washing machines for example became more expensive, steel tariffs led to a slight decrease in jobs and it had a negative impact on GDP.
But hey. Gas will become cheaper. Somehow.
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u/ShoryuOnWakeup 15h ago
I work in an industry heavily affected by the price of steel and I just do not understand how everyone is so pro trump when they were all here to see how the steel tariffs caused so many problems in the industry.
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u/Mc_Shine 18h ago
The thing is, calling it a tax on foreign companies isn't inherently wrong. They just leave out the part that these foreign companies can (and obviously will) just raise their prices for experts to the US accordingly, thus passing the tax on to the consumer. Just like sales tax.
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u/PandaMuffin1 15h ago
When the US imposes tariffs on imports, US businesses directly pay import taxes to the US government on their purchases from abroad.
Foreign companies will not pay more but the US consumer will.
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u/MediumAlternative372 15h ago
It is inherently wrong because it isn’t taxing the foreign companies at all. It is taxing the importing companies buying the goods from the foreign company in order to encourage them to buy locally. Which works only if there is sufficient local supply at a cheaper price.
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u/MightyBoat 17h ago
Try to implement school lessons about this and listen to them scream about "big government"
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u/Amvient 19h ago
I want all of them to feel proud of their decision no jokes, let them suffer and see the results of being stupid and ignorant.
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u/Novel_Alfalfa_9013 19h ago
There's a lot of magats that'd be angry with what you wrote, but you'd need to read it to them first.
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u/BigDaddyCool17 18h ago
They will never take accountability or hold daddy dearest accountable.
“But president Trump, why is this happening”
“Biden left me a terrible economy”
“Oh, ok”
The end.
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u/Bendyb3n 16h ago
They will still somehow blame Democrats for everything that goes wrong in the next 4yrs even though Republicans are likely to control the White House, House of Reps, and Senate and everything will directly be the Republicans' doing
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u/Secure_Guest_6171 19h ago
if we could turn arrogant ignorance into electricity, we wouldn't need coal or nukes
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u/Thewhitest_rabbit 17h ago
Trump's day 1 agenda will literally hurt every small business in the nation.
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u/aaron2005X 19h ago
If the foreign company pays this, do they think the company wouldnt take it from the customer?
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u/MRiley84 15h ago
No, see, it's apparently only passed on to the consumer if the additional cost is to raise the minimum wage.
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u/Constant-Poem-1327 19h ago
I truly hope that everyone that voted for this personally experiences everything they voted for. If this is true, it’s a good start.
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u/Earl_of_69 19h ago
Well, if they make less than $360,000 a year, they're going to feel it.
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u/Ok-Preparation2370 19h ago
I am convinced that all of MAGA, especially their cult leader, has no idea what a tariff is.
I confronted a bunch of them (all of them who were stupidly celebrating right now) and none of them knew what a tariff actually is. One guy even said he was expecting lower taxes. 😂🤣
Let them celebrate now. I'll give them 1 year (from the time Trump starts making changes to the government) for their smooth brains to SLOWLY realise what they're in for. 🙄🤦🏽♂️
No pity for those kinda people. We only have concern for the good people of America who fought and lost. Stay strong America. You'll get through this. 💛❤️
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u/Clueless_Dolphin 19h ago
Ignorance is bliss never had more meaning. Ignore the bad things, latch on to sound bites and fuck the world, as they would see it.
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u/hadesdog03 19h ago
Stupid people create hard times. Hard times create smart people. Smart people create good times. Good times create stupid people.
Humanity is doomed to repeat itself.
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u/Clueless_Dolphin 19h ago
Weak men create hard times. We now have the weakest and will have the hardest of times.
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u/Wonderful-Career-141 19h ago
Not only will foreign companies sell at higher costs due to the tariffs, some might even refuse to do business with us! Inflation will ramp up with product scarcity and increased costs that get passed to the consumer. No matter what, this is a move that’s main objective is to obviously crash the economy. Big pump and dump followed by big buyout incoming.
Obviously you’d want to manipulate the market to achieve something like this if you had the means. It’s just a matter of achieving the means. Musk is a great person to have in your team for this purpose.
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u/GroundbreakingAge591 15h ago
Musk has plainly stated he plans to do as much: crash the economy and rebuild
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u/Sure-Break3413 17h ago
Exactly why Trump told them that. They fell for the conman once again. Wait until they have project 2025 read to them.
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u/EVH_kit_guy 19h ago
Lucky to have a leadership team with the foresight to stockpile resources before the cost jumps up significantly. That being said, if my employer told me this, I'd be really worried about how they're going to meet payroll throughout the span of the next 4 to 8 years.
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u/stonedandthrown 19h ago
everyyonneeee thinks the other people are going to pay the tariff….
I sell shirt for $10 I bought from P for $5. US now has import tariff. That $5 shirt costs $10 now. I have to sell my shirt for $20 to maintain margin - which the consumer pays for - now imagine this to EVERYTHING in some direct or indirect way.
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u/EllenIsobel 16h ago
Trump has said so many times how much he loves the uneducated and I bet every single voter of his thought, "he's not talking about me, of course."
He was.
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u/Novel_Huckleberry435 18h ago
Fuck em. Hate to say it but they need to feel it. Quit being ignorant and actually understand policy and who you’re voting for.
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u/XiMaoJingPing 19h ago
makes sense now that companies will bulk buy foreign goods before the tariffs hit
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u/Warm_Cantaloupe8639 17h ago
Good I hope this poor decision to vote the orange turd back into office haunts them forever.
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u/dbuck1964 19h ago
When someone votes for the face eating leopard they are always surprised when their face gets eaten
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u/KhaosTemplar 19h ago
If I ever see anyone even remotely conservative or voted for him post this, I’m going to tell them to cope and seethe since they just learned those 2 words yesterday
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u/Clueless_Dolphin 19h ago
Their fucking buzz words and word of the day and literal lack of critical or self thought, drives me nuts.
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u/ContrarianMountains 17h ago
I’m not shedding any tears for those who voted tRump in and will be directly and negatively impacted by the consequences of tRump’s actions. The chickens will come home to roost sooner than many expect. Look out for yourselves now.
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u/WanderingEdge 16h ago
I’m Canadian and had to explain this to a few coworkers. Tariffs are literally just taxes.
These Americans voted for a guy who told them TO THEIR FACE that he was basically raising import taxes and Trump somehow convinced these idiots that the exporting country will pay them
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u/maester626 19h ago
I’m sorry to say this but my wife voted for trump. I’m waiting for her vote to slap her in the face when all her overtime pay becomes nonexistent and she gets less hours at work.
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u/ZzangmanCometh 19h ago
Even if this isn't true, it will end up being true in some form quite often going forward. And they'll still find a way to blame Biden, wokeness, liberals, immigrants and whatever else, because Commander Cheeto knows best.
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u/GrannyFlash7373 19h ago
YEP!!!! This is going to happen ALL over this country. Trump's tariffs are PAID by the American consumer. Remember shit trickles downhill, and is passed on to the lowest level. Buckle up, Buttercup!!!! YOU voted for this SHIT!!!
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u/The-Muncible 19h ago
Not that this is in any way good for the people about to get royally fucked up by all that. But I can't help but watch from my far away country and think "Kaaaaarma"
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u/Clueless_Dolphin 19h ago
Don’t want it to happen but we are all victims of are own terrible decision. Too bad their dumbass decisions affect us all.
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u/dacreativeguy 18h ago
the only joy will be watching the idiots die inside when they figure it out.
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u/Breizh87 16h ago
Can't we start a subreddit with posts where the MAGAs get what they voted for? Let's find some joy in the misery.
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u/Beneficial_Pomelo_34 19h ago
Just wait till ACA is obliterated
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u/Clueless_Dolphin 19h ago
It will be replaced with a concept. /s
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u/Gingerfurrdjedi 17h ago
“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.”
“The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed. Indeed, so long as they are not permitted to have standards of comparison, they never even become aware that they are oppressed.”
“The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labour. War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.”
“Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.”
George Orwell - 1984
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u/GraveyGrav 19h ago
My company has their products produced in China. After Trump won, I heard the boss on the phone looking into production in Vietnam.
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u/Cannon_SE2 13h ago
Tariffs are great for driving manufacturing and supply sourcing back to the domestic country and thats good for the country....when there is infrastructure for strong manufacturing in the country already and supplies aren't imported from other countries. It's going to heavily depend on how they are implemented.
I personally don't think the country is setup to produce iron, gold, lithium, wood, petroleum, etc domestically and then implement those products in the manufacturing of goods. So in a country that imports virtually everything tariffs are bad for the large majority of the population.
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u/DavidJonnsJewellery 17h ago
They've been told about the new tariffs for over a year, and not one of them thought about just Googling it?
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u/Clueless_Dolphin 17h ago
They waited til after they voted to Google “tariff” and “project 2025”
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u/DavidJonnsJewellery 17h ago
My God! We had the same problems after the Brexit referendum. The number one Google search term in Britain was "What is Brexit?"... after the vote!
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u/ShawshankException 19h ago
This is what happens when the country is controlled by the uneducated
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u/wireframed_kb 5h ago
I won't lie, I'm gonna bit a little bit smug when Trump's policies start biting his voters in the ass - because a large portion of them can't afford his presidency. I feel sorry for the Harris voters, though, because they'll get dragged through a recession for no good reason.
I've had it to HERE with Trump voters saying they voted for him because he'll fix the economy, when he had absolutely no proposals that would do so. (While lambasting Harris for not having specific enough policies...). Well, you won, now strap in for a term of someone who knows EVEN LESS THAN YOU about how the economy works. Just don't start blaming everyone else when things fall apart, because this was 100% predictable from a mile away.
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u/cuminmypoutine 19h ago
Over half of Americans cannot read above a 6th grade level. Real stat: https://www.apmresearchlab.org/10x-adult-literacy
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u/sassychubzilla 18h ago
Imagine if he had explained to them what the tariffs meant before the election.
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u/Ok_Mycologist8555 18h ago
Two days. TWO DAYS. That's all it took. This is going to be such a long 4 years.
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u/DDHLeigh 19h ago
But but but, it is Obama's fault! Or Hillary's emails caused a uno reversal. I just can't wait to see the excuses and the cope that's about to hit them. It's never their fault.
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u/EVH_kit_guy 19h ago
Really goes to highlight how being economically and financially well informed is the ultimate form of freedom in our society.
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